Apparel Brand of the Year | Transient Apparel

Transient Apparel is a community-based lifestyle brand based on love of ourselves and the love of others. They are a passionate and dedicated family here to help support the LGBTQ, more specifically, Trans+ community.

Transient Apparel is a community-based lifestyle brand based on love of ourselves and the love of others. They are a passionate and dedicated family here to help support the LGBTQ, more specifically, Trans+ community.

“After years of not being able to express my own personality and let society stifle who I was, I realized making sure no one had to ever pretend or stifle who they were (physically or mentally) was my passion. I wasted so many of my good years hating myself and now I love myself and I want to make sure no one else wastes any more time than they have to. So, in a way, I am giving my lost years back.

This is why the trans+ community really speaks to me. I was stuck inside of my brain, and the trans* community is stuck inside a body that is not theirs. I will forever strive to make people be and help people be happy within themselves. Being who you truly are is the most amazing feeling in the world.

Because of this realization, passion, and much needed help in the community; I decided to start Transient Apparel where 50% of the profits go to a trans* person in need through partnering with them to raise either half their goal or up until the day of their surgery!

The name Transient Apparel comes from the idea that we have so many challenges and battles in our life, but all of them are able to be overcome and are transient in the grand scheme of this universe.” – via Transientapparel.com

Jason Robert Ballard is the founder and editor in chief of FTM Magazine. He has been immersed in the trans masculine community since 2007 and transitioning medically/surgically for eight years. He identifies as a straight transgender ally and is married.